Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News

Drudge Retort

User Info

LampLighter

Subscribe to LampLighter's blog Subscribe

Menu

Special Features

Sunday, February 15, 2026

The World Health Organization on Friday released a formal statement blasting a US-funded vaccine trial as "unethical," because it would withhold an established, safe, and potentially lifesaving vaccine against hepatitis B from some newborns in Guinea-Bissau, Africa.


President Donald Trump's attack on Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show -- including a gripe that it was mostly in Spanish -- has alarmed some Republican Hispanic strategists, politicians and business leaders who warn it risks further eroding his support among Latino voters ahead of November's congressional elections.


An engineer has learned what happens when you reject code proposed by a random OpenClaw AI agent on GitHub. The rogue AI didn't take it lightly -- it lashed out at the developer, published a blog post, called him "gatekeeper," and blackmailed him to accept the code.


Americans are set to receive some bad news regarding the average $1,000 tax refund increase expected for the 2025 tax year. read more


It still feels like a technological marvel: Waymo's autonomous cars are now transporting passengers across six cities. Alas, this driverless future comes with its own set of problems. These vehicles can be rendered inert if a passenger accidentally leaves the door open. read more


Comments

@#1

Along those lines ...

CT lawmakers want to block hiring of fired officers (2022)
www.ctpost.com

... Connecticut lawmakers have introduced a bill that would block police departments from hiring officers who were previously fired for serious misconduct or who left another law enforcement agency while under investigation. ...

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (1966)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...

"For What It's Worth" is one of the most widely known protest songs of the 1960s.

[Verse 1]
There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware

[Chorus]
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down

[Verse 2]
There's battle lines being drawn
And nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Are gettin' so much resistance from behind

[Chorus]
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down

[Verse 3]
What a field day for the heat (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
A thousand people in the street (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Singing songs and a-carryin' signs (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Mostly say, "Hooray for our side" (Ooh-ooh-ooh)

[Chorus]
It's time we stopped
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down

[Verse 4]
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life, it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the man come and take you away

[Chorus]
We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
...


@#3

Found this ...

Trump's Support Among Young Men Goes Up in Flames as Midterms Loom
www.thedailybeast.com

... President Donald Trump's support among young male voters has collapsed in recent months, according to new polling, signaling a potentially serious challenge for Republicans as the midterm elections approach.

A new poll conducted by center-left group Third Way and shared with Politico shows that just 32 percent of men aged 18-29 approve of Trump, while 66 percent disapprove.

That 34-point deficit marks a dramatic reversal from Trump's 2024 performance, when he carried male voters aged 18 to 29 by 14 points en route to reclaiming the presidency. That was a far cry from 2020, when former President Joe Biden won the demographic with 52 percent of the vote. ...


@#1 ... And then comes the punchline: the Department of Justice says, "We've complied."

That's it. That's the proof. Trust us. ...

You'd think that the DoJ would know when they might be violating a Federal law.

Let's see, At the top of the DoJ is AG Bondi.

en.wikipedia.org

... In 2020, Bondi was one of President Donald Trump's defense lawyers during his first impeachment trial. ...

In August 2018, while still serving as Florida attorney general, Bondi co-hosted The Five on Fox News three days in a row while also appearing on Sean Hannity's Fox News show.[33] Fox News claimed that the Florida Commission on Ethics had approved Bondi's appearance on the program; however, the spokeswoman for the commission denied that, telling the Tampa Bay Times that no decision was made by the commission and that the commission's general counsel did not make a determination whether or not Bondi's appearance as a host violated the Florida Code of Ethics. The Tampa Bay Times described it as "unprecedented" for a sitting elected official to host a TV show.[33] ...

In 2013, Bondi received scrutiny following a campaign donation from Donald Trump.[34] Prior to the donation, Bondi had received at least 22 fraud complaints regarding Trump University. A spokesperson for Bondi announced that her office was considering joining a lawsuit initiated by Eric Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York, regarding potential tax fraud charges against Trump.[35][36] Four days later, And Justice for All, a political action committee established by Bondi to support her re-election, received a $25,000 donation from the Donald J. Trump Foundation. Bondi subsequently declined to join the lawsuit against Trump University. Both Bondi and Trump have defended the propriety of the donation.[37][38] ...


OK, a possible conflict of interest there.

So, who is the Dep AG?

Oh, Dep AG Blanche.

en.wikipedia.org

... Blanche was later employed by the law firm WilmerHale,[8] where he represented clients including Igor Fruman and Paul Manafort during the latter's 2016 fraud trial.[8][13][14] ...

Blanche left the Cadwalader firm in 2023[8] and founded Blanche Law to represent former U.S. president Donald Trump[13][8] during his 2024 criminal trial in New York City.[8] ...


Pres Trump's personal lawyer? Is there a conflict of interest there?


Drudge Retort
 

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy